Hi,
I recently bought a loft condo in chicago. I’ve been installing new lights and making a lot of upgrades but I have one area which requires a junction box, but there isn’t a place to mount it.
I’m installing a wall sconce in a walk in closet. I wired pre-wired flexible conduit to a junction box near another light, and fish taped it over to where I needed to put the box. When I cut the wall, there was nothing near the location to attach the the box too. Since its a loft, the walls are basically hollow boxes of dry wall put up. Its hard to explain but there isn’t anywhere with in 4 to 5 feet to mount the junction box. For now, the fixture is just screwed into the dry wall, but is there some kind of box that can be mounted in this instance, without a stud? Something that just screws into the dry wall?
I’m sure I can rig one of those ceiling junction boxes that just brace in between studs, but I don’t want to do that.
Thanks everyone, the first 5 people who answered helped me resolve this.
You are talking about a box to mount the fixture, that would be a fixture box, not the ones the other answers talked about. Plus being in Chicago you’ll need a metal box. Maybe a Raco 150 would work.
Do you know this new light meets the spacing requirements for a closet?
Go to Lowes or Home Depot. They sell boxes for old work that can be installed in sheetrock w/no studs.
This will give you idea on what type of box to look for. They make them for regular sheet rock also:
http://www.hammerzone.com/archives/elect/rough_in/remodel/j_boxes/wall2×4/01/thick_wall.htm
Hope this helps.
you want a self mounting JB it has wings on it that turn out and clamps it to the wall
Okay, they do have boxes that do attach to dry wall. It IS called old work boxes. Make sure that you know the thickness of the drywall. I would advise light weight fixtures with deep boxes (Proper room to make connections and install/attach fixture).